The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-12

duties of his immense diocese and he therefore
resigned the office.
LOUIS MAsQUERIER. an eccentric oetogenarian
of Brooklyn, has granite monument. sixteen
feet high. erected to himself at Cypress Hill
Cemetery, and he formally dedicated it last Sun
DAY In presence OF a large and curious crowd.
The shaft is covered with odd inscriptions and
surmounted by a miniature statue of the
Goddess of Liberty, holding a globe in her
hand.
ONE of the most Industrious. as he has long
been one OF the most successful, of living novel
lists is Mr.. Walter Besant, who recently gave to
friend this int resting recipe: "A man who
works cannot belong to society in any other
sense than the limited circle of his home friends
The time that is left when my engagements
are provided for belongs TO them and not to
strangers"
HERE are the quantities of food consumed by
the Vassar girls in the year just ended: Fresh
meat. 81, 600 pounds; smoked meats s. 900 pounds:
turkey. 5000 pounds: chicken. 4. 600 pounds; fish,
4.OOO pounds CLAIMS, 32, 000 oysters, AL gallons;
flour. go barrels butter, ZOO pounds; milk
9oooO quarts: sugar, % 900 pounds; oranges and
lemons. 30. 600; bananas 10000: potatoes 1000
bushels; buckwheat cakes, 100, 600.
In seems that Miss Murfree, the author of the
Tennessee mountain stories, is not engaged to
be married to anybody. as is report ted. A Bos-
ton publisher asked her. the other day. whether
the rumor of her eGgagement was true or not.
She said very gravely that it was. '.And his
manner Charles Eebert Craddock." Which
means that Miss Murfree is to continue welded
to her nom de plume and her art
A MEMBER of one of the most illustrious fami-
lies in Austria, Prince Alfred Won Wrede. has
shocked the nerves of the aris tocracy by setting
up as green grocer and fruiterer at Perctholds-
dorf. near Vienna. The Prince having become
financially ruined. has decided that in order to
make money good trade is better than a small
government appointment, and he has sensibly
cd fN - hic b,.rs-
BISHOP HUGH MILLER THOMPSON denies that
he approved the assassination of Gambrell, by
Colonel Hamilton, in Jackson, Miss. He merely
said in general terms that the death of Gambrell
the usual outcome of sill such men who
loaded themselves down with weapons. and
deprecated the fact that not only Gambrell, but
too many Mississipplans made walking arsenals
of themselves, and that the natural result of
such thing was fights and deaths.
EX-VIcE-PREsIDENT WHEELER was very
generous man. He was even kind-hearted to-
wards book agents. One of them once invaded
bis library at Malone and urged Mr. Wheeler to
subscribe for q certain subscription book The
Malone statesman did not want the volume but
presented the agent with a fve-dollar gold piece
and told him to leave 1t was high price to
pay for book agents departure. but perhaps
Mr. Wheeler received the worth of his money.
A WONDERFUL thing happened in Louisa
county. Virginia, recently. A Northern lady,
folded in four layers and put over her face
When they took the handkerchief off there were
four distinct pictures of the lady on it. the size
of quarter of dollar. Spirits of camphor
had been put on the lady's face just before her
death. Dr. E. S. Pendleton, who attended the
lady, has the handkerchief, and will show it to
any one, or reply to any questions regarding this
matter.
WHEN Senator Ben Wade was circuit judge
in Ohio of his decisions was reversed
came back to him on mandate. He disreearded
the mandate and followed the first decision.
.'But your Honor" exclaimed the beaten coun-
sci, 1.-The Supreme Court reversed your former
judgment" Yes, SO I have heard" the
reply" '1 will give them chance to get right"
The decision was again reviewed. this time with
Judge Wade's written opinion, and the court de-
cided that he was right
Ex-Gov. CHAUNcEY T. CLEVELAND, of Con-
nectcut. who died few days ago at the age of
eighty eight. was. in his younger days. the
handsomest man in the Nutmeg State In his
political life he had what is now widely known
as Cleveland Luck" The first time he ran for
Governor he lacked 125 votes of majority of
the popular vote. He was therefore chosen Gov
ernor by the Legislature. When he ran for his
second term in 1843 he again lacked popular
majority by SO votes. and again the Legislature
carried him into Office.
THE late Miss Catherine Wolfe was in the
habit of closing her magnificent Newport villa at
10 p NJ, but in order that her cook should not be
Inconvenience, she had a bedroom built for him
in a corner of the ediice, on the first floor which
had but one door, and this door opened directly
in ito the courtyard, whence also the room was
lighted by window. He could enter this room
freely at any hour of the night, but neither he
nor any else could pass from 1t into the other
parts of the house The rest of the servants were
expected to be In by 10 o'clock.
IT is curious the way people take to the pen.
In December. 1885, the Youths Companion
offered prizes for serial and short stories to the
amount of $1,000. Over six thousand manu-
scripts were submitted, and corps of assistant
editors spent all last summer in reading them.
The most curious feature of the incident was
that every prize was awarded to writer COM
parativey unknown in the world of letters.
The same thing happened the year before, when
So, 900 was awarded, except that Frank R. Stock
ton won the prize of $500 for the best humorous
story.
SOME valuable relics of Franz List, be-
queathed by him to the city of Vienna, have
lately been turned to that municipality.
Among them are a writing-desk, once the prop
erty of Haydn, and the clavichord used by Mo-
Fart at home This spinet of Mozarts resem-
bles an Insignificant looking table. about two
ellis in length, with black framework, without
pedals and comprising five octaves. The chords
are mostly broken. Gummed on to the lid is
the announcement of the death of Mozarts wild
ow. Mozarts piano will be preserved in the mu-
nicipal museum by the side of Franz Schubert's
piano. which has long been in the possession of
the city of Vienna.
IT is told of the late Rev. DR.. Granville Moody,
the lighting parson,' that once at Piqua. O.,
where he vas preaching. he made a patriotic re-
mark that rather cut Mr.. Frank Mckinney, a
local Democratic leader. and Mckinney threat
eneds to whip him. ''You may get hurt If you
try it," replied the minister But Mckinney
wasn't afraid, and attacked him the public
street. In twnkling DIR. Moody grappled with
him, got his head sin chancery, and pounded
him until he begged for mercy. when he let him
go. saying: 81 told you, Frank. l might hurt
YOU" In the scuff1e they tumbled a boy
and broke his leg. DIR. Moody at took
charge of the youngster, paid the surgeons bill,
and more. and sent account to Mckinney for
half the expenses, which the latter paid.
A CONSPICUOUS object in front OF the House
of Commons the other day was an army captain,
formerly belonging to the Eighty-sixth Regl-
ment, who, in order to attract attention to some
UNDECIDED grievance he has against the War
Office, dressed himself up in most extraordi-
nary manner. He wor3 black undress militia